There is a part in the middle of this episode where Data is watching an awful comedian try and teach him about humor and he asks that the playback be increased in speed. I felt that way literally throughout this entire episode. When they first meet the titular Okana Troi spends about 30 seconds gushing about what an awesome amazing person he is and the rest of the characters do the same. Too bad the writers only knew how to writes his praises, not his actually dialog. Every time I think this season has hit the bottom someone hands me a shovel, and we haven't even gotten to Up The Long Ladder yet...
The episode opens with the Enterprise encountering a primitive ship that is flying without a guidance computer. They hail the vessel and meet the most annoying character in Trek so far including Troi's mother. They agree to help Okana fix his ship and he beams over and spends most of the time impressing Wesley and sleeping with pretty much everyone he meets. Two other primitive vessels show up demanding Okana. One says he impregnated the mans daughter and the other that he stole some jewel or something. It turns out the son of the jewel guy impregnated the girl and wanted to give her the jewel.
There is also an even worse subplot about data trying to learn about humor from some god awful 80's physical comedian. None of the jokes are funny other than that they are being delivered by Data. Even a healthy dose of Whoopi Goldberg couldn't save this dead end story.
Review: This episode is terrible. It isn't the most insulting of the bad episodes and the resolution of the Okana problem is mildly clever, but that is as positive as I can be. Both Okana and the comedian are terribly written and have serious acting issues. If Enterprise is as bad as season 2 of TNG I may be in trouble... Had this episode contained more Wesley or any Pulaski it would have received my lowest rating. There is at least that.
2 out of 10
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